Starting Points


In the coming months of September and October, YMIblogging is challenging you to begin a weekly Bible study with us. Join us as we chronicle the often talked about; and yet often taken for granted topic – Our Personal Relationship with God.

Watch this space for updates every Wednesday!


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  1. Job says:

    Some of us know God not by our own personal experiences and testimonies, but from what people say about Him. Having a personal relationship with God is not ‘knowing about God’ but ‘knowing God and He in turn, knowing you’.

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